see|Pack
English
COW
Pronunciation
IPA|pæk
rhymes|æk

Noun
en-noun

1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.
2. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
4. A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
5. A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
6. A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
7. A shook of cask staves.
8. A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
9. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
10. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
11. slang: A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
12. context|snooker|pool A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

Translations
trans-top|full set of playing cards
Czech: t-|cs|balí�ek|m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|number of hounds or dogs
Czech: t-|cs|sme�ka|f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
2. transitive To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
3. transitive To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
4. transitive To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
5. transitive To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
6. transitive To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
7. transitive To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; � sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
8. transitive To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
9. transitive To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
10. transitive To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
11. intransitive To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
12. intransitive To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
13. intransitive To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
14. intransitive To depart in haste; � generally with off or away.
15. intransitive To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
16. intransitive To carry a gun.

Derived terms
pack horse

Translations

fa:pack
fr:pack
io:pack
it:pack
he:pack
hu:pack
pt:pack
fi:pack
ta:pack
te:pack
vi:pack
zh:pack

• 2007-12-17 10:50 - Robert Ullmann - /* German */ what a mess, removed, already properly at [[Pack]]

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